Liege 1784 escalin
This specimen was lot 882 in Jean Elsen sale 133 (Brussels, June 2017), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted,
"LIEGE, Principauté, Siège vacant (1784), AR escalin, 1784. D/ B. mitré du saint à g. R/ Lion deb. à g., soutenant l'écu de Bouillon. Fines traces d'ajustage. presque Superbe. (prince-bishopric of Liège, sede vacante, silver escalin, 1784. Obverse: mitred bust of saint to left; reverse: a lion, facing left, supports the arms of Bouillon. Fine traces of adjustment marks, about extremely fine.)"
The bishopric of Liège was an ecclesiastical state in central Belgium and usually ruled by a Hapsburg client. The surrounding territory was ruled by the Spanish Hapsburgs from about 1500 until 1699 and the Austrian Hapsburgs 1714-97. The type shown here was struck 1784 during the interval of the death of Francis Charles de Velbruck and the elevation of Constantin de Hoensbroek. The SCWC notes it as rare. One more issue of 1792 rounds out the denomination.
Recorded mintage: 500.
Specification: silver, this specimen 4,84 g.
Catalog reference: KM 175, Chestret 701; Dengis 1193.
- Jean-Luc Dengis, Les Monnaies de la Principauté de Liege, 3 vols. Wetteren: Moneta, 2006.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 133, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2017.
Link to:
- 1771 escalin sede vacante
- 1784 patagon
- 1784 ducat
- Coins and currency dated 1784
- return to coins of Liège